Now, two former CIA operations officers are on a mission to uncover the truth about the hidden cash as they scour Colombia and speak with some of the drug leader’s most trusted associates in Discovery’s new series, “Finding Escobar’s Millions,” which launched earlier this month. Some of the people with inside knowledge are just barely getting out of prison and just barely willing to talk,” former CIA operations officer Ben Smith told Fox News. They even speak with John Jairo “Popeye” Velasquez -- a convicted murderer and lead sicario for Escobar -- in hopes of gaining a lead. But then as word started to spread, so did the threats a little bit,” Smith said. “They had a wealth of information,” Laux told Fox News.

Source: Fox News November 24, 2017 15:12 UTC